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I was at The Beer Store the other day (here in Canada we have to buy beer at stores called The Beer Store, you can't get it anywhere else) and I was wearing a Jets hat. The buy behind me, in his late 50's and smelling like he'd had a few, made a comment about the hat so we got to talking.

I ended up talking to the guy for a good 10 mins outside the store and he was asking about Lumsden and talking about Kaczur (O-line for the Pats who is also Canadian) and he ended up mentioning to me that he spent 1 year playing for the Skins. It was the first time I;d ever met this guy so I don't remember his name.

He told me he played QB and it was when Theisman was on the team. He said the situation was such that he was on a CFL team that year and the 'Skins lost 2 QBs either in training camp or during the season. He said they called him to be the 3rd string QB, and that he never played that year, but was on the team. He also mentioned knowing Riggins, and said he and Theisman have not spoken in a while but thet Joe still remembers him. And he told me (and I think this is a stretch), that he was the only QB that the coaches said they had ever seen who could throw a ball end zone to end zone.

So, do any of you hardcore fans ever remember a Canadian QB playing for Washington when Theisman was there? I think...THINK... not sure though, that his last name MIGHT be Robbins.....

He told me that the rest of his career was spent in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger Cats (Lumsden team last season)....so there you go....is it true or is it BS?

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So, do any of you hardcore fans ever remember a Canadian QB playing for Washington when Theisman was there? I think...THINK... not sure though, that his last name MIGHT be Robbins.....

He told me that the rest of his career was spent in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger Cats (Lumsden team last season)....so there you go....is it true or is it BS?

Nobody by that name ever played for Hamilton, at least according to their website. There was a Peter Ribbins but I don't see him in the NFL.

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whoa whoa whoa WTF were you doing wearing a jets hat:mad: :laugh:

sorry the best i have to contribute.

oh yah i have a player question

in virginia beach i lived on stewart drive and my next door neighbor had every friggin toy on the market (i was 5 maybe) anyway he said his dad was a kicker for the redskins, he had pictures of him on the bench in his uniform i believe i remember number 8 maybe??? any way i remember his last name being Wells. if i had to guess he was a camp kicker for preseason. this would have been about 82 when i saw the picks and the boy said he was at the game so (he was about the same age) i am thinking maybe 80 81 some where in that time frame?

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I was at The Beer Store the other day (here in Canada we have to buy beer at stores called The Beer Store, you can't get it anywhere else) and I was wearing a Jets hat. The buy behind me, in his late 50's and smelling like he'd had a few, made a comment about the hat so we got to talking.

I ended up talking to the guy for a good 10 mins outside the store and he was asking about Lumsden and talking about Kaczur (O-line for the Pats who is also Canadian) and he ended up mentioning to me that he spent 1 year playing for the Skins. It was the first time I;d ever met this guy so I don't remember his name.

He told me he played QB and it was when Theisman was on the team. He said the situation was such that he was on a CFL team that year and the 'Skins lost 2 QBs either in training camp or during the season. He said they called him to be the 3rd string QB, and that he never played that year, but was on the team. He also mentioned knowing Riggins, and said he and Theisman have not spoken in a while but thet Joe still remembers him. And he told me (and I think this is a stretch), that he was the only QB that the coaches said they had ever seen who could throw a ball end zone to end zone.

So, do any of you hardcore fans ever remember a Canadian QB playing for Washington when Theisman was there? I think...THINK... not sure though, that his last name MIGHT be Robbins.....

He told me that the rest of his career was spent in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger Cats (Lumsden team last season)....so there you go....is it true or is it BS?

I compared the entire historical Tiger-Cats roster

http://www.ticats.ca/index.php?module=page&id=4016

to the entire Redskins historical roster.

http://www.redskins.com/team/history-roster.jsp

I looked for overlaps. Keeping in mind, of course, that some common names might represent two different people, here are the results of that analysis.

Years and position represent when they were with the Redskins. The Tiger-Cats did not have that information. NOBODY on this list is a quarterback.

Maybe this guy was cut in preseason?

Banks, Willie, G, Alcorn A&M (1968-69)

Brown, Charlie, WR, South Carolina St. (1982-84)

Brown, Hardy, LB, Tulsa (1950)

Davis, Jack, G, Maryland (1959)

Dubinetz, Greg, G, Yale (1979)

Harris, Jim, DB, Howard Payne (1970)

Harris, Joe, LB, Georgia Tech (1977)

Hecker, Norb, DB, Baldwin-Wallace (1955-57)

Jackson, Steve, LB, Texas-Arlington (1966-67)

Lasse, Dick, LB, Syracuse (1960-61)

Miller, Allen, LB, Ohio (1962-63)

Miller, Fred, T, Pacific (1955)

Morris, Jamie, RB, Michigan (1988-89)

Nelms, Mike, KR, Baylor (1980-84)

Norman, Jim, T, No College (1955)

Rush, Tyrone, RB, North Alabama (1994)

Smith, Bruce , DE , Virginia Tech (2000-03)

Smith, Larry, RB, Florida (1974)

Suminski, Dave, G, Wisconsin (1953)

Williams, John, B, USC (1952-53)

Wysocki, Pete, LB, Western Michigan (1975-80)

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I compared the entire historical Tiger-Cats roster

http://www.ticats.ca/index.php?module=page&id=4016

to the entire Redskins historical roster.

http://www.redskins.com/team/history-roster.jsp

I looked for overlaps. Keeping in mind, of course, that some common names might represent two different people, here are the results of that analysis.

Years and position represent when they were with the Redskins. The Tiger-Cats did not have that information. NOBODY on this list is a quarterback.

Maybe this guy was cut in preseason?

Banks, Willie, G, Alcorn A&M (1968-69)

Brown, Charlie, WR, South Carolina St. (1982-84)

Brown, Hardy, LB, Tulsa (1950)

Davis, Jack, G, Maryland (1959)

Dubinetz, Greg, G, Yale (1979)

Harris, Jim, DB, Howard Payne (1970)

Harris, Joe, LB, Georgia Tech (1977)

Hecker, Norb, DB, Baldwin-Wallace (1955-57)

Jackson, Steve, LB, Texas-Arlington (1966-67)

Lasse, Dick, LB, Syracuse (1960-61)

Miller, Allen, LB, Ohio (1962-63)

Miller, Fred, T, Pacific (1955)

Morris, Jamie, RB, Michigan (1988-89)

Nelms, Mike, KR, Baylor (1980-84)

Norman, Jim, T, No College (1955)

Rush, Tyrone, RB, North Alabama (1994)

Smith, Bruce , DE , Virginia Tech (2000-03)

Smith, Larry, RB, Florida (1974)

Suminski, Dave, G, Wisconsin (1953)

Williams, John, B, USC (1952-53)

Wysocki, Pete, LB, Western Michigan (1975-80)

I have to give you credit for checking that out man that was one hell of a piece of research.

I guess I have to go with the assumption that he was full of BS.....

I was wearing a Jets hat because I am and have always been a huge Wayne Chrebet fan...so I have the hat.

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I was at The Beer Store the other day (here in Canada we have to buy beer at stores called The Beer Store, you can't get it anywhere else) and I was wearing a Jets hat. The buy behind me, in his late 50's and smelling like he'd had a few, made a comment about the hat so we got to talking.

I ended up talking to the guy for a good 10 mins outside the store and he was asking about Lumsden and talking about Kaczur (O-line for the Pats who is also Canadian) and he ended up mentioning to me that he spent 1 year playing for the Skins. It was the first time I;d ever met this guy so I don't remember his name.

He told me he played QB and it was when Theisman was on the team. He said the situation was such that he was on a CFL team that year and the 'Skins lost 2 QBs either in training camp or during the season. He said they called him to be the 3rd string QB, and that he never played that year, but was on the team. He also mentioned knowing Riggins, and said he and Theisman have not spoken in a while but thet Joe still remembers him. And he told me (and I think this is a stretch), that he was the only QB that the coaches said they had ever seen who could throw a ball end zone to end zone.

So, do any of you hardcore fans ever remember a Canadian QB playing for Washington when Theisman was there? I think...THINK... not sure though, that his last name MIGHT be Robbins.....

He told me that the rest of his career was spent in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger Cats (Lumsden team last season)....so there you go....is it true or is it BS?

I did some research on this and couldn't find any mention of a QB by that name on the Redskins roster during the Theismann and Riggins era and also played with the Hamilton Tiger Cats after that. As far as I see it is BS. Ed Rubbert doesn't even match that. I also crosschecked all the backups listed on the squads throughout those years and none matched that criteria.

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Redskins QB's through the years:

David Archer 1 (1988)

Arnold Henry Arenz 1 (1934)

Stephen Michael Bagarus 3 (1945 - 1948)

Anthony Lamar Banks 1 (2001)

Steven Joseph Bartkowski 1 (1985)

Clifford Franklyn Battles (Gyp) 6 (1932 - 1937)

Samuel Adrian Baugh (Slingin' Sam) 16 (1937 - 1952)

Gary Joseph Beban 2 (1968 - 1969)

Randal Earl Bond (Bud) 1 (1938)

Mark Allen Brunell 2 (2004- )

Rudolph Andrew Bukich 2 (1957 - 1958)

Robert Fulton Campiglio 1 (1933)

Cary Conklin 2 (1992 - 1993)

William John deCorrevont 1 (1945)

Tom Flick 1 (1981)

Herald Samuel Frahm 1 (1935)

Gustave Joseph Frerotte 5 (1994 - 1998)

John Melvin Friesz 1 (1994)

James T. Gaffney, Jr. 2 (1945 - 1946)

Richard Joseph Gannon 1 (1993)

Jeffrey Scott George 2 (2000 - 2001)

James German 1 (1939)

Harry Vincent Gilmer, Jr. (Rags) 6 (1948 - 1954)

Kent Douglas Graham 1 (2001)

Trent Jason Green 2 (1997 - 1998)

Ralph Vincent Guglielmi 4 (1955 - 1960)

Galen Samuel Hall 1 (1962)

Gibran Hamdan 1 (2003)

Cecil J. Hare 3 (1941 - 1945)

Raymond Lewis Hare 4 (1940 - 1943) [brother to Cecil]

James Warren Hart 1 (1984)

Timothy Thomas Hasselbeck 1 (2003)

Irvin Pate Hill 1 (1933)

Wayne Robert Hoffman 2 (1940 - 1941)

Robert C. Holly 1 (1983)

Walter R. Holmer 1 (1933)

Jeff W. Hostetler 1 (1997)

William Stanley Humphries 3 (1989 - 1991)

Todd Husak 1 (2000)

George William Izo 4 (1961 - 1964)

Jack Jacobs (Indian Jack) 1 (1946)

James Bradley Johnson 2 (1999 - 2000)

Randolph Klaus Johnson 1 (1975)

Rob Garland Johnson 1 (2003)

Christian Adolph Jurgensen, III 11 (1964 - 1974)

William Orland Kilmer, Jr. 8 (1971 - 1978)

Max Joseph Krause (Bananas) 4 (1937 - 1940)

Michael Kruczek 1 (1980)

Michael Shane Matthews 1 (2002)

Kim Evan McQuilken 1 (1979)

James Andrew Musick (Sweet) 4 (1932 - 1936)

James Ninowski 2 (1967 - 1968)

Douglas N. Nott 1 (1935)

Olaf Gustave Hazard Oden (Swede) 1 (1932)

Benjamin LaPresta 1 (1933)

Oran Henry Pape (Nanny) 1 (1932)

Rodney Peete 1 (1999)

Erny Pinckert 9 (1932 - 1940)

Richard Charles Poillon (Whitey) 5 (1942 - 1949)

Patrick Allen Ramsey 3 (2002 - 2004)

Ernest J. Rentner (Pug) 3 (1934 - 1936)

Mack Charles Reynolds (Chief) 1 (1960)

Jack Roberts (The Ripper) 1 (1932)

Kevin Altona Robinson 1 (1987)

Edward Rubbert 1 (1987)

Reginald Porter Rust 1 (1932)

Ralph David Ruthstrom (Ridge) 1 (1947)

Jeffrey Ronald Rutledge 3 (1990 - 1992)

Frank Beall Ryan 2 (1969 - 1970)

Mark Robert Rypien 6 (1988 - 1993)

Edward Joseph Salem (Suitcase) 1 (1951)

Philip J. Sarboe 1 (1934)

John Carl Scarbath 2 (1953 - 1954)

Jay Brian Schroeder 3 (1985 - 1987)

Nicholas Sebek 1 (1950)

Frank Seno 3 (1943 - 1949)

William L. Shepherd 1 (1935)

Richard Earl Shiner 3 (1964 - 1966)

Joseph Heath Shuler 3 (1994 - 1996)

Riley H. Smith (General) 3 (1936 - 1938)

Norman Bailey Snead 3 (1961 - 1963)

John Martin Spirida 1 (1939)

Joseph Robert Theismann 12 (1974 - 1985)

Aris Harry Theofiledes 1 (1968)

William Casey Weldon 1 (1999)

Lawrence D. Weldon 2 (1944 - 1945)

Louis Weller (Rabbit) 1 (1933)

Edgar Ralph Westfall 2 (1932 - 1933)

Douglas Lee Williams 4 (1986 - 1989)

Lee Thornton Woodruff (Cowboy) 1 (1932)

Daniel Carl Wuerffel 1 (2002)

Frederick Mount Wyant 1 (1956)

Samuel David Wyche 2 (1971 - 1972)

Weldon G. Wright (Cowboy) 2 (1934 - 1935)

James S. Youel 3 (1946 - 1948)

Henry LeRoy Zimmerman 3 (1940 - 1942)

I love some of the older players nicknames. Pug!

Geen names= On the team the same time as Joey T.

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